Strategic Blueprint LLC Boosts Position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF $SHY

Strategic Blueprint LLC increased its stake in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) by 2.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 67,609 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,499 shares during the period. Strategic Blueprint LLC’s holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $5,602,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in SHY. Retirement Systems of Alabama increased its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.6% during the 1st quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama now owns 74,575 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,170,000 after purchasing an additional 2,575 shares during the period. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC now owns 11,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $965,000 after purchasing an additional 351 shares during the period. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. increased its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 54,992 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,549,000 after purchasing an additional 290 shares during the period. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. increased its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 21.9% during the 1st quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 1,427 shares of the company’s stock valued at $118,000 after purchasing an additional 256 shares during the period. Finally, AssuredPartners Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 49.5% during the 1st quarter. AssuredPartners Investment Advisors LLC now owns 4,073 shares of the company’s stock valued at $337,000 after purchasing an additional 1,349 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 23.15% of the company’s stock.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ SHY opened at $83.12 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $82.89 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $82.67. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a one year low of $81.67 and a one year high of $83.14. The company has a market capitalization of $24.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,747.73 and a beta of 0.01.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 1st were given a dividend of $0.2563 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.7%.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Profile

The iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year index. The fund tracks a market weighted index of debt issued by the US Treasury with 1-3 years remaining to maturity. Treasury STRIPS are excluded. SHY was launched on Jul 22, 2002 and is managed by BlackRock.